Re: 1941 Packard Clipper Eight Special Sedan

Posted by HH56 On 2016/8/5 10:52:50

This is where you need to be sure which year you have. The 41 uses one part number for the parking light lens for the 1951 body style and the 42-47 Clipper models (2000 etc series and 2100 etc) use another number. They are real glass lenses but I do not know offhand what the difference between them might be or if the later lens will fit the 41. Vendors should have them but if not, there is a single 42-7 lens on ebay now and they do seem to come up for sale quite often. 48-50 look similar but will not work.

AFAIK no one makes the gasket between the lens and front bezel for the 41-7 parking lights. 48-50 gaskets are repro'd but those won't fit the earlier assys. I made my own out of a sheet of 1/8 or roughly 3mm thick closed cell foam rubber.

One thing to note if the sides get mixed up when you take them apart. The housings, bezels and lenses look identical side to side and they are. They will fit either side but there is just the slightest difference in spacing for screw holes end to end on the pieces. IIRC, about 3mm. That means if you swap sides you also have to rotate 180 for the screw holes to line up. I found that out wanting to place the best surface on the bezel in the more visible spot. Thought I could do that by keeping them on the same side and turning them upside down. Not so..